§ 95.16. REFUSAL OR NEGLECT TO ABATE.  


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  • (A) If the owner, occupant or other person served with a notice to abate the nuisance shall refuse or neglect to abate the nuisance within the time designated in the notice, the person shall then be served with a citation from the Building Commissioner citing him or her to the appropriate court to be prosecuted by the Town Attorney or cited in before the Town Council for an enforcement hearing provided said ordinance comprises such language.
    (B) If the nuisance is not then abated the Town Council may cause a nuisance to be abated in any manner authorized by law, including the commencement of an action in the name of the town against the owner, occupant or other person, to have the nuisance abated and to recover the amount of expenses for the abatement, any unpaid fine, costs, expenses and attorney fees incurred in the enforcement.
    (`93 Code, § 6-55) (Ord. 435, passed 1-12-87; Am. Ord. 2014-001, passed 2-10-14)